Book
On agriculture: in three volumes : II. Res Rustica V-IX
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1968 • Pages: 12, 504
By: Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus, Forster, E. S. (Edward Seymour), Heffner, Edward Hoch.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a continuation of 6: Columella. It contains Books V-IX of the Res Rustica. Book V covers land measurement, the number of plants to set on a piece of land, further information on vineyards, and information on other trees, especially olive trees. Book VI covers the care and training of oxen, cattle, horses, and mules. Book VII covers care of asses, goats (including a section on cheese-making), pigs and dogs. Book VIII covers farmyard poultry, pigeons, thrushes, peacocks, amphibious birds, ducks, and fish (in fish ponds). Book IX covers wild animals (those kept on the farmers land for sport and feasts), and bee-keeping, including their management, diseases, and pests, and the collection and processing of honey and wax. All of the books on animals include information on diseases and treatment and indicate a broad knowledge of pharmacology and veterinary medicine.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- uncertain, probably written 60-65 A.D.
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4 B.C- 65 A.D.(?)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella
- With a recension of the text and an English translation by E. S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner.
- Notes to the text not found on the bottom of the English text page are located on the previous (Latin text) page. Those with relevant information have been indexed for the appropriate subjects
- The Latin text has been indexed for LITERARY TEXTS (539)
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xxiii-xxvii)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture--Early works to 1800